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Growing up, my favorite genre was horror. I Loved watching it on Saturday afternoons after cartoons. Although some days, horror movies weren’t on, so I was treated to classic westerns instead. As time went on, I learned to love both westerns and horror movies. Bloodthirst is a movie that combines the two.
Bloodthirst is the newest film from the Mahal Empire. I’ve been a fan of their work since watching Art Of The Dead starring Tara Reid (read our interview with her here). She has grown as an actor in their movies, playing distinct roles that do not cater to the stereotypical roles that she’s played before, and she’s back again in this film.
Synopsis
In a post-apocalyptic world run by vampires, only the strong survive. John Shepard, Vampire Hunter, is one of them. John must track down and end the master vampire before he gets turned.
Bloodthirst is a perfect storm of cinematic elements that we all know and love, a mixture of western, horror, sci-fi, and action. Michael Su (Night of the Tommyknockers, Bridge of the Doomed, Death Count) is the director who has worked with the Mahal’s repeatedly providing excellent results with each script.
We follow the stories of John Shephard (Costas Mandylor: Saw franchise), The Vampire Queen (Tara Reid: American Pie), The Vampire Master (Robert Lasardo: Wishmaster 2), and The Ultimate Vampire Master (Wesley Cannon: Bridge of the Doomed). One would think that multiple stories going on in different directions would hurt the film and interest would be lost, but that’s not the case.
We follow each story and get involved with how it all unfolds, wanting more as if each character could have their spin-off film. Each actor brings an A+ plus game. Costas, Tara, and Robert bring an interesting take where you can see they had fun playing these characters. Costas shows that he can play a great western tough guy but still showing a tremendous character that I haven’t seen since The Duke was on the big screen. Robert displays that he can play a great monster villain and still reminds us of what a great character actor he is. Tara proves that she’s far gone from playing the damsel in distress, the best friend, or the love interest, and is a great villain.
The finale is, by far, a great payoff. We always wait for something big to happen, and Bloodthirst didn’t disappoint. Like the vampires whose unquenchable thirst from blood was rampant, so was our thirst for this film which we couldn’t get enough of. There isn’t a mid-credit sequence but the fans are rewarded as the credits roll. The Mahals and Michael Su are giving us those summer blockbuster feels on a smaller screen, and we appreciate it.
